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JordonianRApril 27, 2017 at 8:15 PM

I agree that all people are capable of lying and betrayal because of simple human nature. I also believe that power does not necessarily bring happiness and often causes stress.

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JordonianRApril 27, 2017 at 8:22 PM

I also can not remember a time I betrayed someone or if somebody betrayed me. I disagree with the fact that everything happens for a reason, but i'm not religious and don't have much input on that topic. Good post Joe.

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Why women are as violent as men and why anticipation is bad.

I strongly disagree with the statement that anticipation is a good thing. It will always get somebody's hopes up, resulting in the person over-hyping the future in their mind. Anticipation is also a bad thing because it causes great disappointment when something doesn't live up to its hype. Anticipation always leaves me on edge until the day the event happens and it bums me out because it let me down. It is never a good thing unless everything you anticipate will happen.

I disagree with one part of the statement that women are more compassionate. I don't really believe either way about women being more compassionate than men because I don't have experience with it, but I do believe that they are just as violent as men. It is hard to say this without being called sexist, but I do not really care if you take this the wrong way anyways. When women hurt men, they do it with the cheap excuse of "You cant hit me, I'm a girl!" I do believe that it is inappropriate to hit women, but this statement is preposterous. If a man hits another man and says " You can't hit me, I'm a man!", then they will get a swift uppercut to the jaw. In my lifetime, many girls have hit me or pulled my hair when I annoyed them because they knew I couldn't do anything about it. This proves how women are just as violent as men, but with the cowardly mentality that they will never get hurt in return. 

Pieces of Writing this year

After writing various assignments for English class this year, I feel like I have grown stronger as a writer. My worst piece of writing was the personal narrative at the beginning of the year. That was a miss instead of a hit. I didn't understand how to use imagery effectively and struggled with "showing, not telling" writing. As I learned more and wrote my research paper, I think I did well. I provided strong arguments to help my thesis and structured it to the best of my ability.

I also believe that I did the best I could have on my Lord of the Flies writing assignment. I described how the belief in the fictional beast created so much conflict during the story. I used evidence from the book to back up my thesis, much like in my research paper. It was definitely a hit instead of a miss. Overall, I am satisfied with my growth as a writer this year and I am ready for sophomore year writing.

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JordonianRApril 13, 2017 at 6:56 PM

I can relate to your procrastination. I always do my blogs on Monday nights.

JordonianRApril 13, 2017 at 6:58 PM

I watched both of those shows as a child. They were a major part of my childhood.

Reading Strategies

Because we are reading a challenging book, I have developed a sort of system for reading it. For every page, I jot down notes in my notebook at home. I do not write on the pages because when I go back to read different pages I find it hard to concentrate with all of my markings and whatnot on the page. This is why I chose to do reading responses instead of annotations. Whenever I see something I find important, I write it down and write why it is important to the side of it. This has helped me stay organised without having to create distractions for myself when I go back to read a passage later.

I have also tried to note down what I think will need to be written about in the reading response I write. Whenever I see a broad topic brought up that is left open for debate in the book, such as Jaja's hurt finger, I write down what I believe happened before jotting down what I should write in the response. This has helped me be prepared for the days that a reading response is due. It prevents the responses from taking too much thought and effort while I write them because I have already put that thought and effort to use in my notes.

My most precious childhood possession

My most precious childhood possession was my first pocket knife. I had asked my parents for years for one, but they said I might cut myself. Eventually they got me one when I joined the boy scouts in first grade. It was a tiny blue knife. It seemed like it was never sharpened, but it didn't stop me from whittling with it. I spent about three hours making a spear with it and then threw the spear at a tree.

This item was important to me because of the amount of time I had tried to obtain it. My parents were right about it being too dangerous for a kid my age, though. I was whittling a stick, and accidentally cut a gash out of my wrist. I had not been paying attention and dropped the stick before moving the knife. I hid the scar from my dad so he did not take the knife away from me because I was being careless. I learned that my parents were right about things having to do with safety most of the time by doing this to myself.

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JordonianRApril 7, 2017 at 6:16 AM

I have also relaxed less as I grew older. My parents always considered Sunday a day for relaxation, but i didnt listen.

JordonianRApril 7, 2017 at 6:14 AM

I agree with what you said. I do not understand why America has to be involved, though.